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Height (baseline)

PTGES3 · rs139170956

Where this position leads

Condition: Height

rs139170956 Condition: Height Height Condition rs139170956 rs139170956 PTGES3

What the study found

Who was studied 405,540 European ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the G allele shifted the measure 0.0266 higher (95% confidence interval 0.018-0.035); p = 3 × 10−9.

How common The G allele had a frequency of about 98% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 12, band 12q13.3 — in an intron of PTGES3.

What each result means

A/A No copy of the version the research linked to Height (baseline). This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
A/G One copy of the version the research linked to Height (baseline). That is a smaller link than two copies.
G/G Two copies of the version the research linked to Height (baseline). That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
Source

Questions about rs139170956

What is rs139170956?

rs139170956 is a single position in the genome, in or near the PTGES3 gene. Published research associates it with height (baseline). A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

What conditions is rs139170956 linked to?

On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Height. The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.

Does having rs139170956 mean I will get this?

No. Common variants like this one move a probability slightly and, on their own, rarely decide anything about one person. Nothing on this page is a diagnosis, and health decisions should be made with a clinician who can see your whole picture.

Where does the information about rs139170956 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nature communications 2025, PMID:40374629. Every variant on MyGeneLog comes from public primary sources and is published with its citation and the date it was checked.

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